Court hears that Nafiz Modack used Woodstock gang for assassinations
Modack and 14 co-accused face 122 charges for various crimes related to running a criminal enterprise.
Alleged gang boss, Nafiz Modack (accused number 1), and his co-accused appeared in the Western Cape High Court on 31 July 2024. Picture: Carlo Petersen/EWN
CAPE TOWN - The chief investigating officer in the case against alleged underworld gang boss, Nafiz Modack, started his testimony on Monday.
Modack and 14 co-accused face 122 charges for various crimes related to running a criminal enterprise.
Some of the charges include the attempted murder of criminal defence attorney, William Booth, and the murder of top cop, Charl Kinnear.
Lieutenant-Colonel Eddie Clark said that evidence he collected showed that Modack used the Terrible West Gang in Woodstock to perform various assassinations on his behalf.
Of the 14 accused on trial with Modack, at least five are said to be members of the gang.
Clark detailed how Modack sought the services of Zane Kilian to track certain targets, including Booth.
He told the court that after arresting Riyaad Gesant and four others for the attempt on Booth's life in April 2020, the suspects' phones were sent for analysis.
Clark said that results showed the suspects were in constant communication with accused four, Toufeek Brown, while he was prison.
The evidence showed the communications occurred in the same period that Kilian was pinging Booth.
The trial continues.